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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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Figure 6.1 An opening in a medium<br />

subject to initial stresses, for which<br />

is required the distribution of total<br />

stresses <strong>and</strong> excavation-induced displacements.<br />

PRINCIPLES OF CLASSICAL STRESS ANALYSIS<br />

analytical solutions, such as those collated by Poulos <strong>and</strong> Davis (1974), which can<br />

be used in excavation design. Use of any solution in a design exercise could not be<br />

justified unless suitable tests were applied to establish its validity.<br />

The following discussion considers as an example a long, horizontal opening of regular<br />

cross section excavated in an elastic medium. A representative section of the problem<br />

geometry is shown in Figure 6.1. The far-field stresses are pyy(= p), pxx(= Kp),<br />

<strong>and</strong> pzz, <strong>and</strong> other field stress components are zero, i.e. the long axis of the excavation<br />

is parallel to a pre-mining principal stress axis. The problem is thus one of simple<br />

plane strain. It should be noted that in dealing with excavations in a stressed medium,<br />

it is possible to consider two approaches in the analysis. In the first case, analysis<br />

proceeds in terms of displacements, strains <strong>and</strong> stresses induced by excavation in<br />

a stressed medium, <strong>and</strong> the final state of stress is obtained by superposition of the<br />

field stresses. Alternatively, the analysis proceeds by determining the displacements,<br />

strains <strong>and</strong> stresses obtained by applying the field stresses to a medium containing<br />

the excavation. Clearly, in the two cases, the equilibrium states of stress are identical,<br />

but the displacements are not. In this discussion, the first method of analysis is<br />

used.<br />

The conditions to be satisfied in any solution for the stress <strong>and</strong> displacement distributions<br />

for a particular problem geometry <strong>and</strong> loading conditions are:<br />

(a) the boundary conditions for the problem;<br />

(b) the differential equations of equilibrium;<br />

(c) the constitutive equations for the material;<br />

(d) the strain compatibility equations.<br />

For the types of problem considered here, the boundary conditions are defined by<br />

the imposed state of traction or displacement at the excavation surface <strong>and</strong> the farfield<br />

stresses. For example, an excavation surface is typically traction free, so that,<br />

in Figures 6.1b <strong>and</strong> c, tx <strong>and</strong> ty, ortl <strong>and</strong> tm, are zero over the complete surface of<br />

the opening. The other conditions are generally combined analytically to establish<br />

a governing equation, or field equation, for the medium under consideration. The<br />

objective then is to find the particular function which satisfies both the field equation<br />

for the system <strong>and</strong> the boundary conditions for the problem.<br />

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